diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-buildscript.sh b/.github/workflows/codeql-buildscript.sh
index d9eae58..c7d0d3f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-buildscript.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-buildscript.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install -y erlang
 make